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how to say “answer” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מענה-1.m4a” /]תְּשׁוּבָה, מַעֲנֶה If you know the Hebrew word for question – שאלה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מענה-2.m4a” /], you probably also know the word for answer – תשובה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מענה-3.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מענה-4.m4a” /]לא לכל שאלה יש תשובה. Not every question has an answer. The root of תשובה is ש.ו.ב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מענה-5.m4a” /] meaning return: an answer to a question is a response…
how to say “deaf conversation” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /]שִׂיחַ חֵרְשִׁים A person who is hard of hearing is כבד שמיעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew, while many such people are כבדי שמיעה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /]. They might also be called חרשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] – deaf. The concept of deafness is borrowed in the expression שיח חרשים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/שיח-חרשים-#.m4a” /] – deaf conversation – which refers…
how to say “to battle” in Hebrew
להלחם With the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War in season, I figured that a good Hebrew word for you to know is to go to battle – (le-hee-lah-KHEM). For example, יִשְׂרָאֵל נִלְחְמָה בְּמִצְרָיִם (yees-rah-EHL neel-kheh-MAH be-meets-RAH-yeem) – Israel battled (with) Egypt. Note the root – ל.ח.מ (l.kh.m). It’s the same as מִלְחָמָה (meel-khah-MAH)…
Weekly YDDH Review
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
how to say “I’m asking of you” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/אני-מבקש-ממך-1.m4a” /]אֲנִי מְבַקֵּשׁ מִמְּךָ I used to think it was only my mother who would say things like I’m asking of you, (my father is Israeli and always spoke with me in Hebrew) until I started using the expression myself. So much for a generational gap. The Hebrew expression is a variation of אני…
how to say “certainly” in Hebrew
בְּוַדַּאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בוודאי-1.mp3″ /] The most literal Hebrew translation for the English certainly is בְּוַדַּאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בוודאי-1.mp3″ /] or simply וַדַּאי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בוודאי-2.mp3″ /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/בוודאי-3.mp3″ /]זֶה בּוַדַּאי לֹא הַמָּקוֹם לְעִשּׁוּן. This is certainly not the place for smoking. Though these words are borrowed from Aramaic, it seems to me likely that their root is the…
